So, we're getting deeper into the story. This is where the most updates will spring up
The ground stopped shaking as the town went dead. Conversation ceased in the district once the ground started shaking. The sun had set and the night began over Equestria and somehow no pony in Ponyville had yet noticed the brand new city in the distance. Maybe it was because the majority of ponies fled into their houses and never left. Inside one of the houses, a little filly was looking out of a window. She had a look of curiosity and wonder; after all, she had just been saved by her greatest hero mere hours ago. Scootaloo left her bedroom and down the stairs of her house. She made a path to the door, but before she could reach it, a female voice called from the hallway.
"Scootaloo? Where are you going?” asked her mother. Her mother was a yellow unicorn with a long blue mane. She seemed slightly worried.
"I wanna see what happened outside, Mom", she replied. Her mother hesitated and then smiled.
"Ok, but only for a short time. It's getting late” she replied. It was clear that she cared greatly about her daughter. Scootaloo rolled her eyes and smiled back, nodding in agreement. She opened the door and walked outside. Her mother closed the door after her and walked towards the window. In a chair was a red pegasus with a matching red mane, reading a newspaper. He looked over to his wife.
"You sure Scootaloo will be ok?” he asked. His wife looked over to him with a smile.
"I'm sure she'll be fine...” she replied quietly as her watched her daughter walked off toward the centre of Ponyville. Scootaloo looked around as she saw the aftermath of the battle from earlier. On the ground was a large hole where the being had almost crushed her earlier. Of course Rainbow Dash saved her. She looked down the hole. Inside it was small pieces of scrap metal and blue pieces of flaked off paint. She couldn't quite comprehend what had happened. It was a monster she never heard of, not even in her stories. Scootaloo was too busy to notice a figure creep up behind her. A small unicorn to be exact. She put a hoof on Scootaloo's back and she froze. Scootaloo slowly turned her head to see what terrible being might be after her. Only it wasn't a monster. Not even close. It was Sweetie Belle, one of Scootaloo's best friends. She giggled at Scootaloo's expression.
"Hehe, I didn't mean to scare ya", Sweetie said quietly. Scootaloo tried to act calm and collected, but inside her heart was beating a mile a minute.
"Uh, you didn't sc-scare me", she retorted. "And what are you doing out here?"
"I came out here looking for Rarity. You haven't seen her,have you?" she asked. The orange filly just shook her head. Sweetie Belle just sighed. "I'll never find her at this rate"
"Hey guys!” called another filly. The two turned toward the voice. It was Applebloom, skipping along toward them. "Anyone know what that noise was?” she asked. The two just shook their heads.
"Y'know, how often is it, we're out this late?" questioned Scootaloo. "I mean, all this is pretty cool right?" Sweetie Belle just stared at her, eye-lids have closed.
"We got attacked by a flying monster. There's a line between cool and scary. I think that crosses it", she retorted. Applebloom just raised a brow and looked in to the sky. Something caught her attention.
"Hey, look!” she said pointing to the sky. The other two looked into the air toward what she was pointing at. There were faint spotlights waving around in the sky. "C'mon, let's follow them!” Applebloom yelled, as she ran toward the source of the light. Sweetie Belle shouted after her.
"What? We don't even know what those are!", she shouted, but Applebloom kept on running. "Argh, this won't end well", she mumbled, running after Applebloom with Scootaloo in tail.
They ran through the town. Some parts weren't lit the same as some lights were absent from their posts, leaving only stumps. They also ran past an engraving on the ground, as if something crash landed on it and a dent in a wall, where something was launched into it, the remnants of a recent battle. They made their way to the outskirts of the town and caught sight of the large new city in the distance. The three fillies stared in awe at their discovery.
"Was that always there?" asked Sweetie Belle.
"I think we'd know if a city just moved in beside Ponyville" replied Scootaloo. Scootaloo's attention was drawn to a group of 9 standing nearby a small sign. Among them was Rainbow Dash. With an excited gasp, Scootaloo went to walk towards her before being stopped by Applebloom.
"Wait a sec, we'll be told to go away if we just go up to them. I wanna see what this is first” Applebloom quietly ordered. They all stared at the group. Among the group was a tall blue figure, he appeared to be freaking out about something, panicking. He was quickly calmed down by a purple figure with a large tail. Also among the group was Applejack and Rarity, who were in discussion about something. They were all talking at once before a black figure stopped them all, talking alone.
"What do you think they are talking about?” asked Sweetie Belle.
"Never mind what they are talking about, who the heck is the blue guy?", Scootaloo replied. The fillies just stared at the 3 figures on two feet, as if they were aliens. They continued watching as Rainbow Dash spoke directly to the blue figure. With that, they both darted off toward the city. The black and purple figures soon followed. Rarity and Twilight disappeared in a flash of light leaving Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Applejack alone. They all looked at each other before running after the group. They all quickly disappeared into the distance, minus Applejack and Fluttershy. The 3 fillies quickly darted over to the sign on the ground. Scootaloo made her way over to it.
"Now entering Speed Highway...” she read aloud. Applebloom looked confused.
"Speed-what now? What the kinda name is that?” she replied. They all looked off into the distance.
"I dunno, never heard of it. What do you guys reckon a highway is?", she asked.
"Maybe it's a really tall...way?", Sweetie Belle guessed. The other two looked at each other and back to the sign.
"Whatever it seems interesting enough for those guys" said Scootaloo. At that moment, an idea popped into her head. She turned and smiled at her friends. "Let's go find out!” she shouted.
Sweetie and Applebloom looked at each other. "I doubt that'd be a good idea. It could be dangerous...” Sweetie said quietly.
"Yeah, that's a really big city, we'd get lost. I mean, I was wondering what it was, but now I'm not sure" replied Applebloom. Scootaloo rolled her eyes.
"C'mon guys! Rainbow Dash is there! We'll be just fine! What are you? Chicken” she joked.
"Nope. We established that's you, Scootaloo", snarked Applebloom.
"You're hilarious, now are we going?", pressed Scootaloo. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle looked at each other and sighed. They turned back to the eager filly.
"Urgh, fine then", Applebloom muttered. Scootaloo leaped into the air with a smile.
"Yes! Our own little adventure, maybe we'll get our cutie marks doing this! You know, maybe one out special skills is adventuring", Scootaloo happily yelled. "Well c'mon! Let's go!" and she turned and made a run for Speed Highway, before she stopped. "Wait, hang on a sec" and she ran back into Ponyville. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle just stared at where she went.
A few minutes later, she returned on a scooter with a small red wagon attached to the back of it. Inside the wagon were two helmets. Scootaloo was wearing one herself, approaching the two. "Get in" she said happily. The two both crawled into the wagon and sat down, each picking up a helmet and putting on. Once she saw they were done, Scootaloo drove off with them in tow, going at incredible speeds. Not nearly as fast as Sonic or Rainbow Dash, but fast enough.
It was quite a drive but after a while, they made it the city. Where the city started and the regular landscape ended was very unnatural. The grass suddenly turned into smooth tarmac as the fillies made their way into the city, as if the city was just 'planted' there. The 3 couldn't fathom the size of these immense structures, lights flashing everywhere. Curiously, there was no-one in the city. Not a pony in sight. They didn't know that usually humans occupied the city, but there were no humans either. Though the streets were barren, it certainly didn't look like a ghost town. There were signs and neon lights everywhere, all in perfect condition.
Like someone was once there.
"Hey, look at that in the sky!” Sweetie Belle pointed out. She pointed to a small helicopter in the sky it seemed to fly in a set course. Applebloom was admiring the sights of the city; it was nothing like in Ponyville. Scootaloo was busy looking for Rainbow Dash but she could not be seen at all. She did however; catch sight of a massive highway in the air. It was very different, having corkscrews, loops and sharp drops. As if it wasn't built for normal use.
"Hey look at that road, let's go check it out", Scootaloo said with glee. She made her way to the start of the road, suspended in the air. To get there, they'd have to enter one of the tall skyscrapers. Scootaloo made her way to the entrance. On the door was a large button. It was too high for Scootaloo to reach, no matter how hard she tried. She frantically flapped her wings in hopes of getting somewhere, but to no avail. "Ok guys, we need to tower ourselves up to reach that button", she announced. Applebloom stepped forward.
"You’re sure that's a good idea?” she questioned.
"What's the worst that could happen?" she replied. Scootaloo readied herself in front of the button. Applebloom hesitated, but she climbed onto Scootaloo's back and attempted to stand up. Scootaloo's legs buckled slightly under the pressure, but she remained standing. Applebloom wobbled slightly but while steadying herself, she made a reach for the button. She was just a little too short.
"Sweetie Belle, climb up us to get to the button" Applebloom called. Hesitating, Sweetie Belle climbed up Scootaloo, which again caused her legs to shake. Sweetie Belle quickly climbed up Applebloom and steadied herself on her back. The tower of fillies swayed side to side as Sweetie reached for the button. She pressed it right before Scootaloo's legs couldn't take the weight anymore. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle toppled to the ground with a thud, though they achieved they're goal. They fillies picked themselves up off the ground and looked at the door. It slid open revealing a small room. Curiously, the three entered the room side by side. Inside the room was a small monitor with a countdown. The three looked up to see the numbers countdown.
3...2...1...
The door slid shut again. Applebloom squeaked slightly in fear. The 3 looked at each other. They had no idea what was happening. Suddenly, the room shook as it appeared to go up. They had no idea, but the room was really a small elevator going up the building. Time passed as the elevator went up several floors before abruptly stopping, Applebloom falling down on the floor. As she got up, the door slid open again, revealing a long hallway, tarmac on the floor. They ran down the hallway to the end, Scootaloo running faster than the rest. However, as she hit the end of the road, Scootaloo immediately screeched to a halt with the other two stopping beside her.
In front of them was a long, steep stretch of road. At the bottom was a corkscrew. Lampposts decorated the side of the highway. Sweetie Belle looked over the side of the road below. The street looked tiny compared to where they were. "Wow, we're so high up!” she turned to look at the highway. "Scootaloo, go and get your scooter", Sweetie Belle suggested.
"Why?"
"I have an idea..."